Today is Saturday April 8. Tomorrow is Easter Sunday, the most important Christian holiday which celebrates Jesus’ resurrection. Thursday, April 13 Passover, the major Jewish Festival that celebrates the freeing of Israeli slaves ends.
Quote of the Week:
“Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”; W.E.B. DuBois 1868-1963; Sociolgist, Historian, Editor and Co-founder of NAACP.
Who was W.E.B. Dubois? See information below.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois
Events:
Here is what is going on in the Rochester area:
1. George Yeadon provides information on the Asian American Research Center’s program on Wednesday, April 12, 3:00 – 4:30 PM titled “Redress and Reparations: Black/Asian Intersections”.
2. The Urban League of Rochester announces that the The RASE (Racial and Structural Equity commission report) Community Update Meeting will happen on April 24th, 2023 from 6 pm to 8 pm via Zoom. Zoom link will be sent shortly.
3. George Yeodon also shares information on an upcoming docudrama “Chevalier” at The Little on April 26 at 7:30 PM about Bologne, a Black man, in pre-revolution France, with a talk afterward.
4. It is not to early to plan for the annual Teen Empowerment lunch on May 4. See the information below.
5. Stuart Mitchell and Bill Wynne have notified us of the upcoming Pathstone Presents – Provoking Thought program on June5; 1:00 – 3:30 PM titled “The Color of Law and Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enact
NEWS, HISTORY & RESOURCES:
6. NY Times Article: “UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should she be fired?
7. Alan Ziegler shares this article, “11 Anti-Racist Actions You Can Take at Work – Today and Every Day”
8. We share 2 articles from this week’s Beacon;
a. As a journalist, Amy Bach exposed inequities in the criminal justice system—but that wasn’t enough. In 2011, she founded Measures for Justice, a Rochester-based nonprofit that provides data tools and services to help communities change the system.https://rochesterbeacon.com/2023/04/06/amy-bach-and-the-power-of-data/
b. The $550,201 allocated to Rochester is part of $3.2 million in grants from Living Cities, which aims to address the root causes of systemic inequity in U.S. cities.https://rochesterbeacon.com/2023/04/04/rochester-gets-funds-from-living-cities-program/
9. Here are 6 items from the latest edition of the CNN Newsletter Race Deconstructed:
a. Asian Americans are anxious about hate crimes. Tik-Tok ban rhetoric isn’t helping.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/tech/asian-americans-tiktok/index.html
b. Harris faces painful Black history in emotional slave outpost visit>
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/politics/kamala-harris-ghana-visit-slave-outpost/index.html
c. Evans City Council votes in favor of expanding its reparations programs to repair housing discriminations.
d. Opinion: The fight against ‘woke’ is really conservative gaslighting.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/05/opinions/woke-weaponized-racism-gaslighting-cane-ctpr/index.html
e. What does it mean to be Jewish in the U.S.?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/us/us-jewish-racial-identity-religion-explained-cec/index.html
f. For nearly 50 years, only Black men caddied The Masters. One day, they all but vanished.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/05/golf/black-caddies-masters-augusta-national-spt-spc-intl/index.html
10. Here is an article published by NBC News:
2 Black Democrats expelled by Tennessee GOP over gun violence protests, while a white lawmaker survives – NBC News
https://apple.news/AvObrkIeiRjC1QBVuHiiydg
11. Here is an article from the NY Times Morning publication, “Republican legislators are circumventing voters who elected candidates who promised to send fewer people to jail”.
12. Once again there were many informative articles in the D&C. We list 10 such articles in order of appearance:
a. Where Daniel’s Law stands today
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=00df9c651_134ab25
b. Vatican rejects ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1ac3c8041_134ab25
c. Minneapolis, state agree to revamp policing
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1f0f768d8_134ab25
d. ‘It’s a blessing, it’s rewarding, but it is a struggle’
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1b13dd14c_134ab26
e. Black market threatens NY’s fledgling legal cannabis trade
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=1257edc47_134ab27
f. RPD set to launch internship for RCSD students
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0b13dd14c_134ab26
g. CUTTING DOWN VIOLENCE
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0d665013d_134ab26
h. Learning important, yet ‘uncomfortable’ lessons
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=168f92bbb_134ab26
i. Rolling back bail reform won’t solve NY’s problems with crime
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=208ec686e_134ab26
j. Ga. Democrat to join Howard faculty
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=091e4f570_134ab2a
OPPORTUNITIES:
13. We repost this message from the Urban League of Rochester provided a reminder to the community of the importance of participating on Jurys. Report when called or volunteer to serve. See information below.
14. Mary Holleran informed me of an upcoming event sponsored by the Rochester Education Foundation on April 22. FAFA Fest Event; Support for Applying to College and Vocational Training. Applicants should apply. Volunteer assistance needed.
Please forward any new opportunities you are aware of.
Support Black owned businesses:
15. Support the Black Community by supporting their businesses. Please share Black businesses you support and value.
a. Have you tried The Little Brownie bakery? It is a Rochester on-line bakery specializing in jumbo-sized cookies and brownies (gluten free and vegan).
That is all for this week!
If you have an item to include in the week’s sharing we need to have it by noon Friday. Please send items to “tcmitch1951@gmail.com”. Please place “Weekly Sharing” or “WS” in the subject line. Thank you!